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Counseling will be designed to cultivate individual and family strengths in an environment that strives for positive change, restores a sense of control, ignites a feeling of hope and provides realistic alternatives for healthy living.

The body, mind and spirit cannot be separated and must be balanced for healthy living. Mary-Michael Levitt and Barry Rusnock (Bio), a unique husband and wife team, combines the passion for their work and love for the outdoors to bring to you programs that will exercise both body amd mind. The experience of adventure can increase your capacity for self-confidence, empowerment, accomplishment and personal growth.

The Riverview Counseling Center has provided individual, couple and family therapy in New Jersey since 1984. The Center specializes in working with couples experiencing conflict, affairs, separation or divorce as well as remarried families. We also work with children and adolescents through issues of parenting conflict, academic performance, disruptive behavior at home or school, peer pressure, grief and loss, depression and anxiety. Issues of self-esteem, body image, life transitions, and successful stress and anxiety management are also addressed. See Our Services and FAQ pages for more.

Riverview Counseling Center
Mary-Michael Levitt ED.S., LPC, LMFT, Director
 

Mary-Michael Levitt ED.S., LPC, LMFT, DirectorMarriage and Family Therapist ( NJ Lic # 011531)

Professional Counselor ( NJ Lic # 2135)

Red Cross Mental Health Disaster
Action Team Member

Mental Health Services Director for
Elementary, Middle, High School, and University Students
 
Instructor Marriage and Family Therapist
   Moscow, Russia 1994

Coordinator of Educational Services:
Center for Treatment of Eating Disorders

Adventure Guide:
   Equestrian Trail Guide
   Long Distance Hiking Trail Guide
   Rock and Ice Climbing Assistant

 

Publications:

   Balaguer, Dunn, A & Levitt, M.M. (July 2000) The Genogram: From diagnostics to mutual collaboration.
       The Family Journal.
   Levitt, M.M. (September/October 1993) Maestro, (poem). Women's Recovery Network.
   Levitt, M.M. (Summer 1992) Taking charge of your eating and life. Alternatives: A Publication of
      The Center for the Treatment of Eating Disorders.
   Levitt, M.M. (September/October 1992) Weighing Your Options. Relevant Times.
   Levitt, M.M. (Spring 1990). The Cracked Shell, (poem) Mind's Eye Publication

 

Professional Courses taken by Mary-Michael recently:

   Practicing Ethical Counseling
   Getting Through to Difficult Kids and Parents
   Healthy Families: Healthy Choices
   The Irreducible Needs of Children
   Ethics for Mental Health Professionals:  Concepts & Current Developments
   Ethics and Boundaries in Psychotherapy
   Multigenerational Family Therapy
   Working With Children Traumatized by Violence

 

Mary-Michael is an Active Member of:

   Organizations
      American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy - Clinical Member
      American Red Cross
         Northwest New Jersey Chapter
         Disaster Action Team Member : Mental Health
      Morris County Department of Human Services
      New Jersey Division of Mental Health Services
      Member of Morris County Mental Health Emergency Call-Up Roster
    
   Photography
      HUB Camera Club
      Camera Naturalist Photo Club

 

Formal Education:

Seton Hall University Ed.S. Marriage and Family Therapy 1996
Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaching Fellowship, Human Development
M.A., Human Development
B.A., Psychology
1985
1985
1973
 

Volunteer Service

   Red Cross Disaster Action Team Member Liberty State Park
       WTC Family Assistance Center 2001 - It's All Relevant!
   Crisis Counselor, Seton Hall University Fire Disaster
   The Center For Hospice Care, Inc., Morristown NJ       1989 - 2005
   Family Life Curriculum Committee, Randolph, NJ 1997-1998
   Rutherford First Aid Ambulance Corps, EMT, Officer, Crew Chief 1978-1987.
   Emergency Medical Tech. 1980, 84

 

Personal Highlights:

Mary-Michael coached her son's soccer and Little League Baseball teams.

   Randolph Recreation Department - Assistant Little League Baseball Coach 3 years

   Boys Head Soccer Coach 6th 7th 8th grade 3 years
   Recipient of the Soccer Head Coaching Award in her third year of coaching

Head Coach Fairleigh Dickinson University Equestrian Team

 

Articles | Poetry | Photography By Mary-Michael Levitt

Mary-Michael's love for language is evident in her poetry, many of which have been published. Mary-Michael's other creative passion is photography. More...
 

Riverview Outdoor Adventures & Clinics
Barry Rusnock, Founder
 

Barry Rock ClimbingBarry’s love for Adventures inspired him to complete the Philadelphia and Dublin Ireland marathons within nineteen days. He finished the 10,000 foot altitude Peak to Peak 1/2 Marathon in Allens Park, CO. Not satisfied with the mountains Barry guided fellow adventurers in Class V white water rafting. Wanting to be outside all year round Barry became a first rate downhill skier traveling to ski Stubier Glacier in Innsbruck Austria.

After backpacking the 90 mile Susquehannock Trail, PA and climbing the Santa de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico, ice climbing in Huntington Ravine and skiing Tuckerman’s Ravine on Mount Washington, NH, Barry relaxes while fly fishing and coaching even the shiest fish from under a rock to take his fly. He will grab any opportunity to fly through the forest on a mountain bike and often jumps in the car to climb in the Adirondack Mountains NY, White Mountains NH of the Shawangunk Mountains also in NY.

Barry earned the following prestigious honors in Scouting:

  • Eagle Scout
  • Vigil, Order of the Arrow
  • Wood Badge
  • Commissioner of the Year Hunterdon County 2006

Barry Rusnock also serves as the Information Technology Specialist for Riverview Counseling Center and currently works at CBS in New York City.
 

Office Staff - We'd like to recognize
 

Catalina Wiatrowski - Office Manager

Mary Adelman - Marketing Support; Virtual Assistant
   Green Star Services LLC
   Let Your Business Grow
   Phone: (973) 713-8786
   Fax: (973) 529-0232
   www.GrowWithGreenstar.com

Erica Ross - Office Assistant
   Currently a Masters in Counseling student @ Fairleigh Dickinson University

Susan Riding - Web site redesign / Web Maintenance / ASP Programming
   SR Web Resources
   It Might Be Time!
   Phone: (973) 252-7861
   www.SRWebResources.com / www.srwr.com
 

 
   
 
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Mary-Michael Levitt, Director

The Riverview Counseling Center
(908) 850-5778
43 Powhatatan Way
Hackettstown, NJ 07840

info@RiverviewCC.com
 
 
 
Barry Rusnock, Founder

Riverview Outdoor Adventures & Clinics 
 

 

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